2020 Rancho Chimiles Sparkling Valdiguié, Cruse Wine Co.

Cruse’s 2020 Valdiguié is a Pét-Nat from Terry Wilson’s Rancho Chimiles vineyard in Wooden Valley, Napa Valley, a cooler region in south Napa, nestled against the Vacas mountains. Vines are 40+ years old. Whole clusters were allowed to go through carbonic maceration for a few days then the whole cluster pressed using the same slow steady cycle used for the traditional method sparkling wines. The wine was then fermented in a small stainless steel tank. Towards the end of the fermentation, the wine was bottled, stored, and then riddled, and disgorge. There is no dosage, but a small amount of sulphur was added at disgorging. 300 cases produced.